JST"' Ti'"-""J5rfNy 'n. mi jiWimjini wb-viai rnf nii'wnMi)ipji--irw?'IBiwW'i- rt - " "" . n8Rr - fl-vwes?'- "lwi"''-'Tng':3i.iii.1 .py u.'-wy www ' "" THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1900. :s FIRST ffisri:".,il.' "' "" - r. ' :"" ' . :;fc - - t - - .. -auSnfiT , - -- - www- Wivc Above is the liit regular Chinese regiment ever organlzed-tho First Intantry of Hong Kong. It Is going to Tien Tsin by forced marches to drive the "foreign devils' from the whlto quarter. This command Is armed with modern rifles. Abovo Is a photograph show ing (ts two crack companies at drill. HER MAJESTY, THE DOWAGER EMPRESS WOMAN AT BOTTOM OF CHINESE TROUBLE. Absolute Potontato of Four Hundred Million People For Forty Years She Has Dealt in Poison and Death. Hor Amazing Cunning. Condcnicd from on article In the New York Journal, by Edwin Wllilman, cx-Vicc Consul o! the United States at lions-Kong. All the world is watching tho Dow ager Empress Tsl An of China, tho patroness of the Boxers. She Is the most wonderful woman in tho world today. She stands high up among the most wonderful women who have ever lived. Born a slave, she now has 10.000 fiUves at her command. Born and bred in ignorance, she now sots the great powers of tho world by the ears. She rules over 40O.OQO.O0O people, one-third the globe's population. Forty years ago she was a scrub-girl In an obscure viceroy's household. Now the owns $15,000,000 of diamonds and pearls, rubies and sapphires and literally countless other treasures. No one, not even her physican, is privileged to look at her. Li Hung Chang was once disgraced and banished for walking in a garden made sacred to her majesty's feet. All the emperors and members of tho imperial family yho have stood In her way have died or disappeared. In her rescripts she speaka of them very gracefully as having "returned to heaven." After her master, the Em peror Men Fung, died, her son Tung cho reigned for a short time. As soon as he began to show signs of inde pendence, he died. Then tho old Tsl An had to mourn the untimely death of young Ah Lu Ta, Tungche's wife. The Dowager Empress, Tso Shi, widow of the Emperor Heln Fung next followed the same mysterious path, sador to England, and of tho most cn- The Marquis Tseng, former embassa dor to England, and ono of tho most en lightened Chinamen of this geneiatlnn, became obnoxious to Tsl An nnd per ished. His friend. Prince Chung, fol lowed him. Tsl An made Kwang Su, a sickly child, emperor in succession to Tungche. He began to show independ ence and .'stened to tho reformers. All the supposed autocratic power of China's emperor could not protect him against Tsl An. Tao San of Heaven became very ill, and tho dowager em press kept him shut up In tho palace of supreme peace. Having no desire for a premature "return to heaven," he petitioned the empress three times to assume the reins of power. She ap pointed last year another child puppet In his place. Sho appropriated $300,000,000 to build "a great Chinese navy," and spent it on a garden for herself at Pckin. To this she added a $30,000,000 army appro priation. Ono of the empress' cares has been to select wives for the emperor. All the pretty girls of the emplie, num bering thousands, are brought together and sorted, and tho best of them aie cent to Pekin. No girl Is taken under twelve or over eighteen. Tho choice lots are brought before tho empress at Fckin. Sho examines them in batches of five, and selects fifteen of them. These arc put Into training, and tho tho best three are selected. Tho first becomes an empress, and tho oth ers secondary wives. This process 1b repeated every three years. aT OME starlit garden wot with dew." Tho words echoed idly in Brunton's mind us, . escaping by favor of rSi a French casement from tho crowded re reception room, he found himself In tho pleasance. Soft ly the thrill of the distant muslo lose and fell upon tho still air. Less tune ful sounded the nearer hum of con versation and laughter. Glancing back toward the lighted windows, the vague yearning for sympathy that had lain like a cord round his heart all day gripped him close. Then an af fected laugh stung his ear and Brun ton turned afresh toward solitude. Under his feet lay the smooth grass of the trim lawn. Overhead was tho blue-black summer sky, star flecked and cloudless. Lower the fairy lights, red, green and gold, twinkled llko Jewels among tho dark foliage. About him hung the fragrance of heliotrope. Brunton was young; his soul, now fledged, was immature, nebulous and his emotions still of tho crudest. Yet as he looked skyward his spirit sank at the thought of leaving so much beauty nnd sweetness for ho knew not what. Tomorrow he would leave England to Join his regiment and few seemed to know or care. For the first time he felt constrained to mourn tho lack of near relatives to fuss and weep over his departure. Ills coming to Wrs. Derrick's "at home" had been n mistake, too. Having a few hours to fill In, he had come with tho Idea that it would pass tho tlmo pleasantly. Now he felt annoyed at his folly in so do ing. 1 Taking out a cigar ho lit a match, which a sportive zephyr playfully ex tinguished. Among tho shadows hid a rustiq arbor, and etepplng inside tho shelter of its doorway, ho struck a frftsh gleam. Flaring uq brightly it INFANTRY OF HONG KONG. The empress, Tsl An, from earliest childhood, has been a woman of ab sorbing ambition. Her father was a refugee, the victim of an uprising such as threatens China today. His crops were ruined, his house burned and his little property confiscated. With hi wife and daughter he wandered for weeks to tho south, hoping and seek ing for a homo where he could again restore hl3 lost pittance and support his family. Finally, becoming desper ate, ho stopped In a little town In the province of Honan and begged for food for his wlfo and child. Then, following the ndvlce of his friends, he sold h's pretty daughter to the viceroy of tho town. He adopted her as his daugh ter and educated her. Sho became a wit as well as a beauty. Then sho was sent to Pekln "as a present to tho emperor." As soon ns Tsl An was presented to tho Emperor Hclnfung, sho conquered him by her coquetry and cleverness tit speech, for sho was no ordinary wo man. Though without early education and brought up as a coolie, her an cestry was of good Manchu stock, her grandfather being of the ruling literati. Thus she Inherited some talents that she soon put to active use. CONQUEHED THE EMPEROR. Hardly had sho been In the emperor's house a year before her power was felt. She plotted and planned with the eunuchs and made herself lnlluentlal with the powerful mandarins and vice roys who came to visit his majesty. She practically usurped tho position of precedence held by the emperor's legal first wife, Tsl Tshi, and tho favorite of the emperor, was the recipient of palajes, diamonds, pearls and precious stones.the rarest and costliest of china, a thousand waiting women slaves, such as she had once been, waited upon her, and her robes were the handsomest that could be bought. Russian sables nnd furs nnd Spanish and French set jewels adorned her person. The wealth of tho empire was laid at her feet. And all this personal achievement had been accomplished In a dozen years, for Tsl An was but twenty-seven years old when tho emperor died. Then came the real strugglo for mastery. Hlen Fung, just before his death, appointed ii board of legency, guardian to his In fant son. Tsi An's first achievement was to overthrow this board and usurp the reins of government herself. She had thoroughly familiarized herself with the intricacies of the court and the duties of a sovereign, and, through her emperor husband, had really wielded tho power of ruler. Sho co erced tho rightful cmpiess with little difficulty, and, by joint proclamation, abolished tho board of regency and usurped the prerogative herself. The government of -100,000,000 of people was thus absolutely in the hands of two women one not a dozen years out of peasant's dresses, tho other tho widow of the emperor and totally ignorant of national affairs. Added to this dilemma, China was threatened with war. It was fortunate for China, there fore, that there was a man equal to the occasion, nnd It is an interesting coincidence that he, like the empress, rose from the peasant classes. LI Hung Chang was tho foundation to the empire, tho strong pillar in tho weak house, and he upheld tho name and preserved tho unity of tho em pire during tho Taeping rebellion nnd tho Mohammedan Insurrection of Yun nan. Although the late Emperor Hlen fung's son, Tungche, grew to man hood nnd married, the powerful Tsl An plotted to deprive hltu of his right ful empire. She permitted him to be crowned, but only four months did sho allow him to enjoy a semblance of revealed, huddled up close to the back of the arbor, a shrinking girlish form. For ono startled moment his keen gray eyes looked amazement into frlghtensd blue one. "Why, by Jove! Oh! I say," ho ejaculated ineonsequently. Tho girlish face, set in an aureolo of golden hair, raised appeal to his. "Oh, please, please don't tell any body. I only came out here to get uway from the people." "Did you? Well, 1 say, that should be a bond of union between us, for so did I." The dying flicker of tho wax match saw an expression of relief across tho girl's face. "And you won't tell any body about my coming out hero? It would spem so rude to Mrs. Derrick, you know." "Not a soul, honor bright, nut suie ly you didn't leave the heuto to crouch up hero in tho dark " "Oh, no! It was lovely among tin stars and flowers and things; then I heard somo ono coming, und ran In hero till ho should go past, and so you caught me." Ho could tell that sho was smiling a llttlo now, though there wus still a i llttlo hesitating catch in her voice. "Won't you como out und walk again?" Ho was longing to seo her. Tho darkness of the summer house wus tantalizing, and chivalry rebelled at the rudeness of striking another light. "And you will smoke?" sho asked, rising, in reply to his Query, and walk ing to the door. "No, thanks. I don't care to now, Supposo we stroll around?" Tho starlight that revealed to Sylvia a soldiery form with short cropped dark hair nnd a qulto perceptible moustache, showed Brunton a petite flgure.whoso robe of shimmering white satin draped loosely from the old luce that outlined its square cut bodice, a power. Tungcne proven so oe a young man of some will power and at tempted to accomplish some changes in the personnel of his staff. Where upon rumors were sent abroad that ho was In delicate health. Prince Kung was reinstated in his hereditary rank, und Tsl An at onco began n high-handed campaign against her en emies. Shortly after Tuncho's death, his widow, Empress Ahlutn, was thrown Into prison and died a horrible death before her child and heir to tho throne was born. A NEW HEIR APPARENT. The empress thereupon proclaimed the son of Prince Chung, a boy 4 year3 old, the heir apparent. Having settled this important question, Tsl An's pow er was again supreme. Sho then turn ed her attention to matters ouslde tho palace, nnd entered Into negotiations with Russia, ending in the treaty of St. Petesburg in 1SS1, nfeat of diplo macy engineered by Li Hung Chang, who was made embassador to Russia. The rightful dowager came to a mys terious death about this time. Fourteen years after tho selection ot Kwang-Su to succeed Hienfung as em peror of China, he was permitted, at the age of eighteen (in 18S9), to marry. Tho empress regent carefully selected his wife, tho daughter of a Manchu general. The empress made a show of resigning her authority, but it was only nominal, in recognition of the hue nnd cry set up against her. She remained in the palace and ruled the court with a rod of iron. Li Hung Chang was disgraced and deprived of his yellow jacket and pea cock feather by Kwang-Su, but after tho Japanese war nnd its frightful disaster and loss to China, the empress came out openly, took tho bull by the horns, and reinstated Li and sent him to Japan to negotiate the terms of peace. Since that time tho contention in the palace has been bitter, and Kwang-Su, in attempting to assert his authority, has lost It. Li has been removed from the scene and sent to Canton, where he i3 the viceroy of the two Kwang provinces, but this concession only strengthened tho power of tho em press, who took advantage of the tem porary lull in tho family fight to quiet ly cement tho bond with Russia. Kwang-Su pitched his fortune with the reformers, who were springing up throughout China like mushrooms, nnd Issued an imperial vermllllon rescript embodying a project for educational reform which Included the displace ment of the Confucian classics for the study and introduction of modern sciences and languages. Kwang-Su, by this act, erected his own scaffold. Ho offended the ancient literati of China nnd struck a blow at Confucianism that tho scholars of tho Flowery Kingdom could not con done. They went over in a body to tho empres, who seized young Kwang Su in August, 1S9S, and forced him to sign an edict restoring her. to power. ANOTHER PROSPECTIVE RULER. The arrangements for this coup were carried out with great ceremony. Kwnng-Su's principal crime , aside from his proclivities for .reform, was his age. Tho empress had no use for an emperor who was old enough to think. She, therefore, looked around for another child to keep under her legency. She discovered Pu Ts'uan, a nlne-yar-old stripling, tho son ot tho Duke Tsai Lau. It did not matter that he could speak only Manchu, in fact, it would not have mattered if he had been deaf nnd dumb. Tho em press' mode of procedure was worthy of her stategio ability. She forced Kwang-Su to draw up a memorial ad dressed to her, asking to be allowed & TWO NIGHTS string ot pearls around tho slendo. neck the only ornament. For a moment convention triumphed and they ere bashful together. There after tho Influence) of the Juno night prevailed and they Inclined to conll dence. Before they had completely en clnled the lawn Sylvia knew that Brunton wa's a soldier, that the mor row he would sail for India to Join I1I3 regiment. "P. nnd C. China, awfully Jolly deck cabin to myself." And ere they emerged from the long archway of loses Brunton knew that this was Sylvia's fit st party, that sho wus an orphan and lived with her grand mamma; that at that moment hor grandmamma was playing whist In Mrs. Derrick's nnte-dtawlng room; thai Sylvia herself passed endless evenings playing whist with grandmamma, Mrs. Dawson (tho companion) and a dum my. Also that a look lu grand mamma's eye, which seemed to Sylvia to bold a suggestion that In the event of no better partner being forthcom ing Sylvia might ho called upon to mako up a set, had led to Sylvlu's tak ing refuge In tho garden, thus show ing that out of her narrower life the woman had tho more to toll. "And you huvu never been any where?" This pitying, from the height of his experiences which were yet to come, "No, never. Wo always go to Tor quay In winter, but that's neurly Just the same as being nt home. Do you know, I've never, never onco been out of doors at night before!" "Not oven to a theater?" - "No," "Poor little girl! I say!" struck by a sudden Idea "your guardian will be some time over whist, won't she?" ""Why, yes. Tho gamo has Just be gun, and they won't finish under n rubber." "Well, supposo I take you some where for half an hour or so to a the to resign his throne, owing to chronic Hlnco. It was then nrranged that tho empress should refuse to permit him tA resign nnd nsk him to reconsider for the good of the nation. He was then to rcltcrato his request, nnd nfter three times, tho empress was to ac cept, with a grent show of reluctance. After tho empress again regnlncd full control of nffalre, sho found that there existed throughout China a strong hentlmont in favor of reform. In fact, tho party had grown so rapid ly and to such mi extent that sho recognized tho necessity for a double political somersault. Having dethroned Kwang-Su, sho plunged into paper re forms that startled tho Conservative pnrty, but lCBt they become alarmed, sho privately adjured her court re tainers rot to take the matter too seriously, but In tho lull to prepare for war. Tho empress, for tho first time in Chalna's history, gave nudicnecs to the wives of foreign diplomats and consuls. The people were astonished nnd nuhsoquently charmed nt tho wily empress grnclousncss. She was merely paving the wny to replenish tho royal exchequer. Sho did It. UP TO DATE. Out of all tho mesh nnd tangle of Chinese affairs thero has grown two decidedly antagonistic miltary and ra cial factions. Jung Lu, tho empress' right-hand man, who assisted her in tho coup d'etat of August 21, 1S9S, 13 practically at tho head of the Chinese nrmy, a force numbering 100,000 armed nnd equipped men. On the other hnnd, Prince Chlng represents tho Mnnchus, commanding the Pckin field force nnd Banner corps, estimated at 75,000 men. The empress has had tho extremely dif ficult task of holding these two chained bulldogs from fighting. In order to do this and retain her prestige over both sections, she hns leaned toward Rus sia, and systematically nllled her ln teicsts with the Great Bear. She Is ns cunning an old lady as sho was a cunning slave girl who captured the old Emperor Hienfung. With rnro tact nnd diplomacy sho has shufilcd her viceroys from province to province, nnd kept them where they could secure tho greatest possible munitions of war to do the least possible harm to each other hcrselt. She put Li Hung Chang out of Chlhll, the powerful regal prov ince, lest ho might become nmbltlous In his old ago and seek to grasp tho gov ernment. Durliii- the past few months her emlsaries have toured the prov inces and raised vast sums of money. Largo purchases of arms nnd ammuni tion have boon made, and there Is no doubt that the shrewd old empress an ticipated, If she did not encourage, tho present uprising. Old China hands assert that the present Boxer movement will end in a grand flash, a grand clash, and then old China will, by virtue of tho very cumbersome nature of her people, plod along again In the same old way. WRECKED ON ALASKAN COAST. Schoner Alaskan Beached in Gale at Cape Nome. Seattle, Wash, June 2G. Tho steam ship Cleveland arrived from Cape Nome today with fifteen passengers and a nominal amount of gold. Sho reports a severe storm at Nome on Juno 5, in which tho steamer Alaskan, from San Francisco, was beached, to tal loss. Her passengers were saved by the revenue cutter Bear. Sho also has news of tho wreck of the small sloop Gypsy, in tho same storm, and two of hor crew were drowned. Ono of the men lost was Scott Stewart. Tho Cleveland arrived nt Nome on June 3, sailing nine days later. She was compelled, with all tho other steamships, to stand out to sea till the gale moderated, Sho reports seeing safe at Nome tho Corwen and her tow, the Catherine Sudd Si, Robert Doflar, Alcha, San Bias, Dora Albion, Thrash er and Mary D. Hune; at Dutch Har bor the C. D. Lane, Charles Nelsnn, schooner Hera, transport Lawton, Mc culloch, gunboat Wheeling, dispatch boat Perry, Homer, Edith, Sunol. Rube Cousins and Martha Tuff. The other vessels not reported are supposed to be beating their way through tho ice to Nome. Tho Senator had a flue plate dented by tho ico nnd had to return to Dutch Hnrbor for re pairs. The Robert Dollar arrived at Dutch Harbor just as tho Cleveland was leaving for Seattle. The Cather ine Sudden, which was In tow of tho Corwen, was dlsmanted und crushed slightly by tho ice. Conditions at Nome arc unchanged. The old-timers nnd new arrivals are stampeding to Topukuk, whero rich discoveries aro being made. Others are going to Port Clarence in largo num bers. Royal Wedding. Stialmrs, (iermany, Juno 20. The raarriaKC ot Prince Maximlllen-rcon and I'lhuo-s of Cumber laud takes place today at (imunden. Many mem bcu of the lojal families are present. ater or music hall? My cab Is wait ing." "Oh!" A gasp of delight followed by the Inevitable "But would it not be wrong?" and "I can't go dressed like this." Manlike, Brunton rode rough shod over both scruples. "Oh, nobody will know. Walt hero a moment while I run to tho houso and forago for wraps." Leaving Sylvia in tho safe seclusion of tho arbor, he vanished, returning speedily clad In light top coat and crushed hat and hearing a heavy cloak of velvet and furs. ".That!" breathed Sylvia In a horri fied whisper, when he showed his spoil. "Why you've brought grandmamma's sahlo mantle." "Oh, that's all right, so long as it'a big enough," replied her fellow sinner, with a man's easy Indifference to aught but utility. And as to the encompassing capac ity of tho matter thero could be no doubt. Swallowed up therein all that was vlslblo of Sylvia was a pair of wondering bluo eyes nnd a Huff of golden hair at ono end nnd two tiny white satin slippers at tho other. To Sylvia tho hansom was a chariot sent direct from fairyland for her conveyance to somo enchanted world. Tho gayoty nnd glitter of tho London night delighted and amazed hor. At Plcadllly circus Sylvia was entranced; in Leicester square she was in esc tasles nnd when, having reached the snug seclusion of a curtained box, she could gaze across a valley of dim, smoke-wreathed figures, which tho moving marvel of form and color de fined as a ballet, bIio acted and moved as though in a dream world, What they witnessed need not bo de tailed. Is It not written in tho dally papers? Sufflce It to tell that Sylvia remained oblivious to all Brunton's II imiiib il.i . HUM, ! IIBIll I II 1 I H mMm BRAINS JfaSp II 1 IyJ M&IBKButcJSJTJLbJr m mmm aft h IB M f Will J Are Both Built M gL Up by Blood. . 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L IN TUNE - hints as to tho lapse of time until he murmured thnt the hour neared 11. Safely In the hansom speeding home ward, Sylvia retined to earth nguln nnd slghe'd at that bho felt like Cin derella In having to leave the ball at its height. And Brutnon tentatively suggested that thero had been no pi luce at her ball; whereupon Sylvia avowed hastily that of course ho was tho prince then faltered and blushed. After that It must bo confessed that tho trees fringing Regent's park wit nessed some callow lovemaklng. Yes, Sylvia was soiry, very, very sorry ho was going, nnd perhaps when he icturned In three years ho would have forgotten her? And Brunton was equally convinced ofhis own faithful ness, but feared tho strain of absence on her, Brunton thought ho woutd llko their next meeting to tako place, as this ono had, In a garden; und Sylvia re membered that a certain gieen "Moor in tho high wall encircling her grand mother's grounds opened on a quloc side road. It was qulto near; they could drive round that way and sho would point it out. Thereafter the stars witnessed a sol emn compact that, that day three years, at tho same hour, Sylvia would unlock the green door to give Brun ton entrance. They were very much In earnest. Two real tears glistened In Sylvia's eyes as sho spoke of tho years that tho green door must remain closed. And Brunton's volco got husky and he had difficulty In rendering his farewells ns many as ho would have wished. So, as becamo young lovers, were the twain delightfully disconsolate. Ite-entcrlng Mrs. Derrick's gardn cautiously, tho culprits had scarcely gained the safe vantage of the shrub bery before encountering an emissary in search of Sylvia. Lady Marttngalo was sol nff, had been gone ten minutes, the food the entire value of the nourish ing elements contained in it, and which, converted into blood, supply tho strength of 'the whole body, then the body and every organ of it will begin to weaken. 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Your 'Golden it had been, and well and happy." Address.- Dr. R. and both her cloak and her grand mother were to seek! Athwart the little green door tho moonlight glinted softly, and Brunton, standing In the near shadow of en ilex, would willingly have dropped tho coming hour out of ills lite. Since his return to Kngland a few days before the memory ot this ap proaching meeting had persistently re curred to him. As a man of honor ho knew ho dare not shirk It. And yet how painful to bo forced to seo Sylvia, to look Into those Innocent, truthful eyes for of her constuncy ho had 110 doubt and confess how ho had chang ed, nnd to tell her boldly that their meeting had proved but an incident of no moment In tho ordering of his life. Ho must undeceive her ns tenderly ns possible, speak of Kleanor regrct fi'lly, nt least not let Sylvia guesi how entirely happy their union was, or that she, Sylvia, had long ago ceased to bo aught but a pretty, senti mental remcmbinnca to him. Kvcn as ho t-chooled himself a dis tant clock stiuck tho hour, and wp:t tho Hi st faint chime came the stealthy sound of un opening lock. Sho was there! Qently turning tho handle ho passed through tho green door and entered Lady Martingale's garden. Bcsido the great stone basin of the old fountain stook Sylvia, the moonlight sparkling on her hair and adding un ethereal glamour to tho sheen of her robe. About hor the tall Madonna llllles lent lent their fragrance to the night. A swift pang smote him as ho saw that, as when they first met, she wore white, forgetting that he, too had sought to capture his former aspect for her view. Her eyes met his In questioning ap peal, and for a moment a mad rush of pity, romance, affection, call It what MADE WELL AND HAPPY. "I have long felt it my duty to write to you," says Mrs. Henry T. Miller, of Schwenkville, Mont gomery County, Penn'a. "I am well and happy. Medical Discovery,' 'Favorite Pre DV-4 JSliWU, UUU X lV.OOUIib 1.111, UiUUl. Ul. A V fcil woman. It is now five years since I used your medicines combined, and I have been well and strong ever since. I still keep the ' Golden Med ical Discovery ' in the house. " I will tell you more what your ' Golden Medical Discovery ' has done. It is now two years since my sister came to see me, and she had a tumor.'growing on her neck, below her left ear. It was growing very fast. It was as large as a shellbark hickory nut, and she was awfully worried. She did not like to have it taken out. When I saw it I said it did not seem necessary to have it taken out. I told her to try Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and thought that would take it away. When she had taken two bottles of the medicine the tumor was all gone. We could not see where it has not appeared since. She Is V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y. PROM I FROM BLACK AND WHITE. you will, overcame him, and, springing forward, ho caught her hands. "Sylvial" "Yes." "You had not forgotten?" "No. And you?" "I am here." After tho greeting there fell a eenso of constraint, which Brunton realized was not all of his making, Bho was lovely, even more lovely than of yore taller, too, with tho lapsa of years, and with an added something in her expres sion that was new to him. 4 Behind them tho fountain splashJ and murmured. Then Sylvia broke tho silence, speaking ns if In answer to his thoughts. "You you have changed are not tho same. Of courso you look older nnd bronzed. I don't mean that. But thcra Is something pise you're manner" Brunton felt thero was no escape for him. Ho must tell her and at once. "Sylvia," ho began,, breathlessly, "three years is a long time" "Oh, yes, Is It not?" sho Interposed, eagerly. "And you know one's circumstances nlti'i new peoplo intervene..' "Yes, yes; so they do." Hor unexpected acquiescence was disconcerting, hut hp eagerly, stumbled on, V , . .. "And Sylvia, I wish to tell y6u-I know It seems cruel hut lust year I met Eleanor, nnd" "Hush!" Interrupted Sylvia, suddenly raising her hand and turning In nn at titude of listening expectancy toward the lighted window ot tne houso vlblo noross tho cxpanso of lawn. As they- paused, ,mute, from an open casement camo a feeblo cry vague, plaintive, sending its message into tho night. ' ....... Sylvia's eyes s'ought Brunton's his wondering, her's lambent with matert nal ecstacy. "My baby!" she said. -r rS
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